Top Songs of 1930


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
1
863
Duke Ellington Mood Indigo Dixieland
2
2022
Louis Armstrong with Earl Hines Weather Bird Swing
3
2109
Mississippi Sheiks Sitting on Top of the World Country Blues
4
2111
Don Azpiazu El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) Latin Jazz, Rhumba
5
2886
Ben Selvin Orchestra Happy Days Are Here Again Traditional Pop
6
3506
Ethel Merman I Got Rhythm Show Tunes, Traditional Pop
7
4295
Lucienne Boyer Parlez-moi d'amour Chanson
8
4345
Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner) Country Yodeling
9
4601
Harry Richman Puttin' On the Ritz Big Band, Vocal Jazz
10
5658
Mary Lou Williams Night Life Stride
11
5878
Josephine Baker J'ai deux amours Chanson
12
7347
The Carter Family Worried Man Blues Acoustic Blues, Appalachian Folk Music, Traditional Country
13
7386
Ruth Etting Ten Cents a Dance Traditional Pop
14
7791
Blind Willie Johnson John the Revelator Acoustic Texas Blues
15
9795
Cannon's Jug Stompers Walk Right In Country Blues, Jug Band
16
9884
Rudy Vallée Stein Song (University of Maine Fighting Song) Big Band, Traditional Pop

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Hoagy Carmichael Georgia on My Mind Traditional Pop
Washington Phillips A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter Gospel
Fred Astaire Puttin' On the Ritz Big Band, Swing, Traditional Pop
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Bumble Bee Country Blues
Hoagy Carmichael Rockin' Chair Jazz